diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0c6701c..bd8c158 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -73,17 +73,23 @@ jobs:
                       !apps/next/.next/cache/**
 
     # axe in a real browser against every story of the Vue, React, React Native and HTML Storybooks (all modes and themes)
-    # – one job per Storybook, so they run side by side
+    # – one job per Storybook, the two biggest split in halves (A11Y_SHARD), so they run side by side
     a11y:
-        name: a11y (${{ matrix.storybook }})
+        name: a11y (${{ matrix.storybook }}${{ matrix.shard != '1/1' && format(' {0}', matrix.shard) || '' }})
         needs: build
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        timeout-minutes: 90
+        timeout-minutes: 60
         container: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.64.1-noble
         strategy:
             fail-fast: false
             matrix:
-                storybook: [vue, react, native, css]
+                include:
+                    - { storybook: vue, shard: 1/2 }
+                    - { storybook: vue, shard: 2/2 }
+                    - { storybook: react, shard: 1/2 }
+                    - { storybook: react, shard: 2/2 }
+                    - { storybook: native, shard: 1/1 }
+                    - { storybook: css, shard: 1/1 }
         steps:
             - uses: actions/checkout@v7
             - uses: ./.github/actions/setup
@@ -94,6 +100,8 @@ jobs:
                   name: build
             - working-directory: packages/parity
               run: node scripts/storybook-a11y.ts ../${{ matrix.storybook }}/storybook-static
+              env:
+                  A11Y_SHARD: ${{ matrix.shard }}
 
     # Keyboard/interaction tests in a real browser, each spec against Vue and React (e2e/native: React Native,
     # e2e/apps: the Nuxt and Next.js demo apps)
diff --git a/packages/parity/e2e/visual/__screenshots__/native-data-logviewer--playground.png b/packages/parity/e2e/visual/__screenshots__/native-data-logviewer--playground.png
index 1a1d186..9138057 100644
Binary files a/packages/parity/e2e/visual/__screenshots__/native-data-logviewer--playground.png and b/packages/parity/e2e/visual/__screenshots__/native-data-logviewer--playground.png differ
diff --git a/packages/parity/e2e/visual/visual.spec.ts b/packages/parity/e2e/visual/visual.spec.ts
index 6cc2165..e20b9be 100644
--- a/packages/parity/e2e/visual/visual.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/parity/e2e/visual/visual.spec.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,25 @@ async function shoot(page: Page, url: string, name: string) {
     await page.locator('#storybook-root > *, #root > *').first().waitFor();
     await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle');
     await page.evaluate(() => document.fonts.ready);
+    // Lists that scroll to their end (LogViewer "Follow") do so in steps – under load a pause between two steps looks
+    // stable to toHaveScreenshot; wait until no scroll position has changed for 10 frames
+    await page.evaluate(
+        () =>
+            new Promise<void>((done) => {
+                const positions = () =>
+                    [...document.querySelectorAll('*')].map((element) => element.scrollTop + element.scrollLeft).join();
+                let last = positions();
+                let quiet = 0;
+                const frame = () => {
+                    const now = positions();
+                    quiet = now === last ? quiet + 1 : 0;
+                    last = now;
+                    if (quiet >= 10) done();
+                    else requestAnimationFrame(frame);
+                };
+                requestAnimationFrame(frame);
+            })
+    );
     await expect(page).toHaveScreenshot(`${name}.png`);
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/parity/playwright.config.ts b/packages/parity/playwright.config.ts
index 3e762f8..92cbb90 100644
--- a/packages/parity/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/packages/parity/playwright.config.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ export default defineConfig({
     reporter: 'list',
     // CI: one retry against load spikes – Playwright still reports such tests as "flaky"
     retries: isStatic ? 1 : 0,
+    // Every test on its own: the big files (visual, css/parity) spread over all workers instead of one each
+    fullyParallel: true,
+    // GitHub's runners have 4 cores – Playwright's default (half of them) leaves the browser idle while it waits
+    workers: process.env.CI ? '75%' : undefined,
     use: {
         // No transitions by default, so assertions see final states immediately;
         // E2E_MOTION=1 runs everything with animations (keyboard/focus must work during them too)
diff --git a/packages/parity/scripts/storybook-a11y.ts b/packages/parity/scripts/storybook-a11y.ts
index 79223c0..db7f201 100644
--- a/packages/parity/scripts/storybook-a11y.ts
+++ b/packages/parity/scripts/storybook-a11y.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
 //   node scripts/storybook-a11y.ts http://localhost:6007 http://localhost:6008 http://localhost:6009 http://localhost:6010
 //   A11Y_FILTER=datepicker node scripts/storybook-a11y.ts …  (only matching stories)
 //   node scripts/storybook-a11y.ts ../vue/storybook-static ../react/storybook-static ../native/storybook-static ../css/storybook-static
+//   A11Y_SHARD=1/2 …        (every second story, starting with the first – for parallel CI jobs)
+//   A11Y_CONCURRENCY=2 …    (pages at once; default: the CPU cores, at most 4)
+import { availableParallelism } from 'node:os';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import type { AxeResults } from 'axe-core';
 import { modes, themes } from '@wirecore/wirelayer-tokens';
-import { chromium } from 'playwright';
+import { chromium, type Page } from 'playwright';
 import { serve } from './serve.ts';
 
 const AXE_SOURCE = fileURLToPath(import.meta.resolve('axe-core/axe.min.js'));
@@ -25,12 +28,34 @@ if (targets.length === 0)
 const browser = await chromium.launch();
 // Reduced motion: no colour transitions while the theme switches, so axe measures the final colours
 const newPage = () => browser.newPage({ reducedMotion: 'reduce' });
-let page = await newPage();
 
-async function check(url: string) {
+async function check(page: Page, url: string) {
     await page.goto(url);
     await page.waitForSelector('#storybook-root > *', { state: 'attached' });
     await page.evaluate(() => document.fonts.ready.then(() => undefined));
+    // Until the story has not changed for 150 ms (at most 3 s): pdf.js re-renders a page in steps, in between its text
+    // points to links that are not there yet (aria-owns) – with several pages at once axe would catch such a moment
+    await page.evaluate(
+        () =>
+            new Promise<void>((done) => {
+                const finish = () => {
+                    observer.disconnect();
+                    done();
+                };
+                let quiet = setTimeout(finish, 150);
+                const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
+                    clearTimeout(quiet);
+                    quiet = setTimeout(finish, 150);
+                });
+                observer.observe(document.body, {
+                    subtree: true,
+                    childList: true,
+                    attributes: true,
+                    characterData: true,
+                });
+                setTimeout(finish, 3000);
+            })
+    );
     // The Storybook a11y addon brings its own axe instance – reuse it instead of loading a second one
     if (!(await page.evaluate(() => 'axe' in window))) await page.addScriptTag({ path: AXE_SOURCE });
     return page.evaluate(async () => {
@@ -71,7 +96,12 @@ for (const target of targets) {
         stories: Object.values(index.entries).filter((entry) => entry.type === 'story' && filter.test(entry.id)),
     });
 }
-const total = runs.reduce((sum, run) => sum + run.stories.length, 0) * appearances.length;
+// A11Y_SHARD=2/3: every third story, starting with the second
+const [shard = 1, shards = 1] = (process.env.A11Y_SHARD ?? '1/1').split('/').map(Number);
+const queue = runs
+    .flatMap(({ base, stories }) => stories.map((story) => ({ base, story })))
+    .filter((_, index) => index % shards === shard - 1);
+const total = queue.length * appearances.length;
 const started = Date.now();
 
 /** "[ 37 %]  556/1504  ~6 min left  Forms/Select › Playground" – once per story */
@@ -85,8 +115,12 @@ function progress(story: IndexEntry) {
     );
 }
 
-for (const { base, stories } of runs) {
-    for (const story of stories) {
+/** Checks the next story of the queue in all modes and themes on its own page, until the queue is empty */
+async function worker() {
+    let page = await newPage();
+    let used = 0;
+    for (let next = queue.shift(); next; next = queue.shift()) {
+        const { base, story } = next;
         progress(story);
         for (const appearance of appearances) {
             // A dev Storybook may reload once while Vite optimises a new dependency – try a second time
@@ -95,7 +129,7 @@ for (const { base, stories } of runs) {
                 try {
                     // page.evaluate has no timeout of its own – a story that never settles must not stall the run
                     violations = await Promise.race([
-                        check(`${base}/iframe.html?id=${story.id}&viewMode=story&globals=${appearance}`),
+                        check(page, `${base}/iframe.html?id=${story.id}&viewMode=story&globals=${appearance}`),
                         new Promise<never>((_, fail) =>
                             setTimeout(() => fail(new Error('timed out after 60 s')), 60_000)
                         ),
@@ -113,7 +147,7 @@ for (const { base, stories } of runs) {
             violations ??= [];
             checked++;
             // A fresh page now and then: the renderer kept growing over thousands of stories (GBs per Storybook)
-            if (checked % 50 === 0) {
+            if (++used % 50 === 0) {
                 await page.close().catch(() => {});
                 page = await newPage();
             }
@@ -126,8 +160,13 @@ for (const { base, stories } of runs) {
             }
         }
     }
+    await page.close().catch(() => {});
 }
 
+// Several pages at once – the stories are independent; the modes and themes of a story stay on one page
+const concurrency = Number(process.env.A11Y_CONCURRENCY) || Math.min(4, availableParallelism());
+await Promise.all(Array.from({ length: concurrency }, worker));
+
 await browser.close();
 console.log(`\n${checked - failed}/${checked} story/mode/theme combinations without axe violations`);
 process.exit(failed === 0 ? 0 : 1);
diff --git a/packages/parity/src/behavior.test.ts b/packages/parity/src/behavior.test.ts
index 2fcbd9f..ca3cf59 100644
--- a/packages/parity/src/behavior.test.ts
+++ b/packages/parity/src/behavior.test.ts
@@ -859,11 +859,11 @@ describe.each(frameworks)('%s option lists', (framework) => {
         );
         const input = screen.getByRole('combobox', { name: 'Person' });
         expect(input).toHaveValue('Jonas Weber');
-        // Typing at jsdom speed outruns Ark's input sync (effects) – a short delay per key, like a person
-        const user = userEvent.setup({ delay: 10 });
+        // Pasted in one go: typed key by key, Ark's input sync (effects) can overwrite a key on a slow machine in jsdom
+        // ("John De") – the own entry is what this test is about
+        const user = userEvent.setup();
         await user.clear(input);
-        await user.type(input, 'John Doe');
-        // On a slow machine Ark's sync can still be behind the last keys – Enter only once the field has the text
+        await user.paste('John Doe');
         await waitFor(() => expect(input).toHaveValue('John Doe'));
         await user.keyboard('{Enter}');
         expect(onChange).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('John Doe');